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Statistics for social understanding = with Stata and SPSS /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Statistics for social understanding/ Nancy Whittier, Tina Wildhagen, Howard J. Gold.
Reminder of title:	with Stata and SPSS /
Author:	Whittier, Nancy,
other author:	Wildhagen, Tina,
Published:	Lanham, MD :Rowman & Littlefield, : c2020.,
Description:	1 online resource (696 p.)
Subject:	Statistics. -
Online resource:	https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/ROWMANB0019696.html
ISBN:	9781538109847

Statistics for social understanding = with Stata and SPSS /
Whittier, Nancy,1966-

Statistics for social understandingwith Stata and SPSS /[electronic resource] :Nancy Whittier, Tina Wildhagen, Howard J. Gold. - Lanham, MD :Rowman & Littlefield,c2020. - 1 online resource (696 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Statistics for social understanding : with Stata and SPSS -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1. Introduction : Using Statistics to Study the Social World -- Chapter 2. Getting to Know Your Data : Frequency Distributions and Visual Representations of Data -- Chapter 3. Examining Relationships between Two Variables : Cross-Tabulations -- Chapter 4. Typical Values in a Group : Measures of Central Tendency -- Chapter 5. The Diversity of Values in a Group : Measures of Variability -- Chapter 6. Probability and the Normal Distribution -- Chapter 7. From Sample to Population : Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem -- CHapter 8. Estimating Population Parameters : Confidence Intervals -- Chapter 9. Differences between Samples and Populations : One-Sample Hypothesis Tests -- Chapter 10. Comparing Groups : Two-Sample Hypothesis Tests -- Chapter 11. Testing Mean Differences among Multiple Groups : Analysis of Variance -- Chapter 12. Testing the Statistical Significance of Relationships in Cross-Tabulations : The Chi-Square Test -- Chapter 13. Ruling Out Competing Explanations for Relationships between Variables : Control Variables and the Logic of Causality -- Chapter 14. Describing Linear Relationships between Variables : Correlation and Regression -- Solutions to Odd-Numbered Practice Problems -- Glossary -- Appendix A. Normal Table -- Appendix B. Table of t-Values -- Appendix C. F-Table, for Alpha = .05 -- Appendix D. Chi-Square Table -- Appendix E. Selected List of Formulas -- Appendix F. -- Index.

Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.

This new introduction to statistics integrated with STATA and SPSS offers an accessible overview for students in sociology, political science, criminal justice and other social sciences. The text draws on research on the teaching and learning of statistics, Incorporates real-world research, and integrates examples throughout the chapters.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9781538109847Subjects--Uniform Titles:

Stata.
Subjects--Topical Terms:

556824
Statistics.

LC Class. No.: QA276.12

Dewey Class. No.: 519.5

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